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νύμφη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: νύμφη νύμφης

Structure: νυμφ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. bride, young wife
  2. young girl
  3. daughter-in-law
  4. nymph
  5. spring, water
  6. bee or wasp in pupa stage
  7. male ant
  8. clitoris

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐπισκέψωμαι ἐπὶ τὰσ θυγατέρασ ὑμῶν, ὅταν πορνεύσωσι, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰσ νύμφασ ὑμῶν, ὅταν μοιχεύσωσιν. ὅτι αὐτοὶ μετὰ τῶν πορνῶν συνεφύροντο καὶ μετὰ τῶν τετελεσμένων ἔθυον, καὶ ὁ λαὸσ ὁ συνίων συνεπλέκετο μετὰ πόρνησ. ‐ (Septuagint, Prophetia Osee 4:14)
  • περιπλομένων δ’ ἐνιαυτῶν γείνατ’ Ἐρινῦσ τε κρατερὰσ μεγάλουσ τε Γίγαντασ, τεύχεσι λαμπομένουσ, δολίχ’ ἔγχεα χερσὶν ἔχοντασ, Νύμφασ θ’ ἃσ Μελίασ καλέουσ’ ἐπ’ ἀπείρονα γαῖαν. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 22:5)
  • Ἑρμῆν τε νόμιον ἄντομαι καὶ Πᾶνα καὶ Νύμφασ φίλασ ἐπιγελάσαι προθύμωσ ταῖσ ἡμετέραισι χαρέντα χορείαισ. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 21)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ νύμφασ ἠκροθινιαζόμην, κήδη συνάψουσ’, ἔκ τ’ Ἀθηναίων χθονὸσ Σπάρτησ τε Θηβῶν θ’, ὡσ ἀνημμένοι κάλῳσ πρυμνησίοισι βίον ἔχοιτ’ εὐδαίμονα. (Euripides, Heracles, episode, anapests 1:17)
  • μεταβαλοῦσα δ’ ἡ τύχη νύμφασ μὲν ὑμῖν Κῆρασ ἀντέδωκ’ ἔχειν, ἐμοὶ δὲ δάκρυα λουτρά ‐ δύστηνοσ φρενῶν. (Euripides, Heracles, episode, anapests 1:19)

Synonyms

  1. bride

  2. young girl

  3. daughter-in-law

  4. nymph

  5. spring

  6. male ant

  7. clitoris

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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